if you happen to find yourself in a similar situation where you're the sugar daddy for a murder of crows, get them some nice peanuts and sunflower seeds instead! bread isn't good for birds!
What is the difference between a raven and a crow? One major difference is that ravens have 3 pinion feathers on each wing, whereas crows only have two.
TBF even crows are a lot bigger than what I always thought crows were. I've seen them up close since I've been feeding my local murder peanuts, and these guys are the size of roaster chickens.
The guy that told me this lives close by, and we have plenty of crows here. His way of saying it made it clear that the "chicken-sized" crows we have around here are small compared to a raven.
This is how it was explained to me by a very elderly, birdwatching family member... If you ever go "whoa, that's a really big crow," you're probably wrong
True in Europe and the US, but not everywhere. Corvids are a hugely successful animal class, and there are related species all over the world locally called crows and ravens. Some places the local species called ravens are bigger. Other places the local species called crows are bigger.
Same!! 🥺 I have a bunch that live by me, but they have a far enough range so I don’t see them every day and can’t seem to get their attention. Any corvid experts here that can give me some tips?
I've been feeding roasted (and unsalted) peanuts to my local crows for three years now. Those ungrateful bastards haven't given me shit in return. One time I thought they had given me some little seeds and berries, but I realized they had just puked those up to make room for the peanuts.
Do you have a designated table you put the peanuts on?
I knew a guy years ago who managed to start trading with the crows in our neighborhood by having a table with two sections, one with bird snackies, the other empty (I think he may have put some foil there at one point?) so they'd have a place to put their payment.
The always got little plastic things, bits of mylar, twistie ties and what not.
Are legumes okay for crows? I know they are omnivores (really interesting to see their bigger cousins, the ravens, pick off ducklings). Especially peanuts that become kinda weird when you chew them. Crows have gizzards, right?
That's just one distribution method of the mint. They find dollars go through more hands on average if they are given to crows by this man's lake. He should not feel guilty for stimulating my economy.
a lot of people have trained crows to steal money for them… it’s very illegal….
probably not getting cash from restaurant tables.:.
people have also trained ferrets to steal jewelry and used them as burglars….
yes, get a transparent lock and picks from any large online retailer….
they’re cheap, easy, fun, and drastically increases your chances of survival in a zombie apocalypse
A black bear in the Adirondacks (her name was Yellow-Yellow) learned and is believed to have taught her cubs how to open BearVault canisters. she was shot in 2012 but Adirondack bears continue chewing through canisters...
93 Comments
Broadfern@lemmy.world · 188 pts · 333d
They have the money but probably aren’t allowed in the stores to buy it themselves.
It’s either
1.) Facilitating the financial self-sufficiency of local avian wildlife or
2.) The bird equivalent of buying alcohol for your kid cousins who are standing outside the liquor store.
Denjin@feddit.uk · 48 pts · 333d
Both of which are rad
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 182 pts · 333d
if you happen to find yourself in a similar situation where you're the sugar daddy for a murder of crows, get them some nice peanuts and sunflower seeds instead! bread isn't good for birds!
MeatPilot@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 333d
Seed me daddy! I don't want bread.
OwO
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 333d
You don't want to be bread?
Oh well...
felbane@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 332d
Sad. Anyway, here's an inbread cat.
Aneb@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 333d
Bread crumbs is all I have rn
argarath@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 331d
Bird furries tend to use OvO instead because the v looks like a beak owo
MeatPilot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 331d
Learn something new everyday.
Dasus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 333d
Username does not check out. My crow friends love meatballs.
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 333d
Ehh. You're more of a fence than a sugar daddy. You move stolen loot for a cut.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 333d
Also, one assumes you're not fucking them.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 12 pts · 333d
Bold to assume
maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 333d
Brand new sentence
thaklor@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 333d
Murder-daddy
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca · 90 pts · 333d
I kinda wish all the stray/feral cats I've befriended would start coughing up some cash once in awhile instead of dead mice and hairballs for me.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 34 pts · 333d
You lack gratitude.
InnerScientist@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 333d
And money!
baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 333d
the cats lack humanity
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 12 pts · 333d
You lack felinity.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 333d
And they wouldn't have it any other way!
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 302d
You can eat mice. Cash is captualism's leash. Live the stray life.
glibg@lemmy.ca · 65 pts · 333d
The photo is of a raven, not a crow. That said, exchanges of this sort with corvids has always been a bucket list item of mine.
Juice@midwest.social · 74 pts · 333d
What is the difference between a raven and a crow? One major difference is that ravens have 3 pinion feathers on each wing, whereas crows only have two.
So its really just a difference of a pinion
laranis@lemmy.zip · 32 pts · 333d
Goddamnit. Sitting here ready to subscribe to crow facts and you got me with a freakin pinion joke.
Well done.
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 333d
Apparently, ravens are so huge that if you see one you will not be in doubt that it can't be a crow. At least that's what I've been told.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 333d
TBF even crows are a lot bigger than what I always thought crows were. I've seen them up close since I've been feeding my local murder peanuts, and these guys are the size of roaster chickens.
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 332d
The guy that told me this lives close by, and we have plenty of crows here. His way of saying it made it clear that the "chicken-sized" crows we have around here are small compared to a raven.
Ledivin@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 333d
This is how it was explained to me by a very elderly, birdwatching family member... If you ever go "whoa, that's a really big crow," you're probably wrong
Mirshe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 332d
Yup. The few I met at Yellowstone were approaching small eagle size.
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 333d
Raven at the Tower of London. They are big, with massive beaks.
glibg@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 333d
Yup. They also have a way bigger beak and "scruffier" looking feathers, which is what I noticed in the pic. I love birds.
Juice@midwest.social · 5 pts · 333d
That sounds rippin
Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 332d
True in Europe and the US, but not everywhere. Corvids are a hugely successful animal class, and there are related species all over the world locally called crows and ravens. Some places the local species called ravens are bigger. Other places the local species called crows are bigger.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz · 18 pts · 333d
Here's the thing...
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 333d
Don't let your dreams be dreams, future bro to birds
Pandantic@midwest.social · 3 pts · 333d
Same!! 🥺 I have a bunch that live by me, but they have a far enough range so I don’t see them every day and can’t seem to get their attention. Any corvid experts here that can give me some tips?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 332d
Dammit I gotta figure out tags because I want to tag you "Cawlin"
everett@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 332d
I think it's up to your client app to implement.
badelf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 63 pts · 333d
$20 for bread crumbs?! These crows must be living in the USA.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 11 pts · 333d
😂 the allegory
LOLseas@sh.itjust.works · 58 pts · 333d
Bread should not be fed to birds.
Sauce: https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/feeding-birds/can-birds-eat-bread/
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 27 pts · 333d
What about Ezekiel bread? (Made from legumes, not grains)
LOLseas@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 333d
Yesh. Ezekiel bread is okay. Good catch.
Pandantic@midwest.social · 3 pts · 333d
This tracks for $20 for bread. That shits except expensive! 😭
kromem@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 333d
Murder for hire
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 332d
My favorite emo band
notso@feddit.org · 40 pts · 332d
Anón when an old lady shows up to feed the crows:
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 36 pts · 332d
It's bold of Anon to assume that the crows are not earning the money legitimately.
That's racist.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 333d
I've been feeding roasted (and unsalted) peanuts to my local crows for three years now. Those ungrateful bastards haven't given me shit in return. One time I thought they had given me some little seeds and berries, but I realized they had just puked those up to make room for the peanuts.
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 333d
Do you have a designated table you put the peanuts on?
I knew a guy years ago who managed to start trading with the crows in our neighborhood by having a table with two sections, one with bird snackies, the other empty (I think he may have put some foil there at one point?) so they'd have a place to put their payment.
The always got little plastic things, bits of mylar, twistie ties and what not.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 333d
Lol I get enough abuse from my neighbors for feeding the crows as it is. If I put out a crow table they're going to sic ICE on me.
Pandantic@midwest.social · 8 pts · 333d
There she is now officer! The crow lady!!
alekwithak@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 332d
Start messing with the crows while dressed as ICE, then when they do show up the crows will know what to do.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 332d
You know maybe if you have them better nuts than peanut they'd be more appreciative. Also cold hard cash.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 332d
What kind of nuts should I give them? Deez?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 332d
Look Benjamins ain't exactly growing on trees here and crows gotta redistribute.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 331d
Are legumes okay for crows? I know they are omnivores (really interesting to see their bigger cousins, the ravens, pick off ducklings). Especially peanuts that become kinda weird when you chew them. Crows have gizzards, right?
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 331d
I'm no crow expert. I know they eat peanuts and I know they eat roadkill squirrel. That's the end of my knowledge.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 26 pts · 333d
Florida man arrested after training crows to steal the declaration of independence for him.
Batman@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 332d
That's just one distribution method of the mint. They find dollars go through more hands on average if they are given to crows by this man's lake. He should not feel guilty for stimulating my economy.
TomasEkeli@programming.dev · 23 pts · 333d
Buy them some unsalted peanuts or walnuts. They will worship you as the god you are.
Barking@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 333d
They also like boiled eggs... ...source - our local crows at the park
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 333d
OP is a modern Fagin
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 333d
you can't just call people by that slur
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 333d
a lot of people have trained crows to steal money for them… it’s very illegal….
probably not getting cash from restaurant tables.:.
people have also trained ferrets to steal jewelry and used them as burglars….
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 28 pts · 333d
It's not "training crows to steal money", it's introducing crows to capitalism
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 333d
for the crows it’s a gift-based society, not capitalism
Throskie@midwest.social · 4 pts · 333d
Theyrethesamepicture.jpg
ICastFist@programming.dev · 17 pts · 333d
brb, checking local laws on "training animals to do crime"
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 333d
this is why ferrets are illegal in California
MrShankles@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 333d
I wanna believe that to be true and can't be bothered to look it up. So, I now know why ferrets are illegal in California!
ICastFist@programming.dev · 1 pts · 333d
Bummer. What about having a Florida Man?
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 333d
well then he’d become a california man
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 333d
I want to train a common animal to pick locks. Any recommendations?
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 333d
yes, get a transparent lock and picks from any large online retailer….
they’re cheap, easy, fun, and drastically increases your chances of survival in a zombie apocalypse
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 333d
Alas, possession of lock picks is the crime for my locale. Id love to get into it when i can get put of here tho
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 333d
it’s usually only a crime if you have possession of them while committing another crime…
abbotsbury@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 332d
Yeah but you're only supposed to do 1 crime at a time
Pandantic@midwest.social · 2 pts · 333d
Feed crows, do crimes.
thejoker954@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 333d
It's only a crime if you get caught...
abbotsbury@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 333d
Raccoons have opposable thumbs and thief masks, definitely S tier lockpicker race
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 333d
I think so too, but how are their teaching skills? I want to cause a multi-generational problem of raccoons robbing vending machines.
ViaGetty@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 333d
A black bear in the Adirondacks (her name was Yellow-Yellow) learned and is believed to have taught her cubs how to open BearVault canisters. she was shot in 2012 but Adirondack bears continue chewing through canisters...
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 333d
Ferret; they have little “hands” (I think)
tostiman@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 333d
For some reason i read 'cows' instead of 'crows'
jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 333d
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 333d
This is the worst comic book villain origin story ever
Etterra@discuss.online · 5 pts · 332d
I want my own money
stealingfinding murder of crows.WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 333d
Not greentext. Think I found a new career!
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 332d
Give them bird seed instead
Afflictedlife@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 333d
Op discovers they are a druid
InvalidName2@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 333d
I wish the crows around my parts would do that. The ones around here just generally act like a menace to society.
protist@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 333d
problamy